Bandakanyeka olu suku ekuthandazeni umntu osokola kakhulu naye
Kodwa ke mna ndithi kuni, zithandeni iintshaba zenu, nibathandazele abo banitshutshisayo, ukuze nibe ngabantwana boYihlo osemazulwini. "UMateyu 5: 44-45a
Lo asingomyalelo olula ovela kwiNkosi yethu. Kodwa ngumyalelo wothando.
Okokuqala, kusibiza ukuba sithande iintshaba zethu. Ngoobani iintshaba zethu? Siyathemba ukuba asinakuba "neentshaba" ngengqondo yabo sikhethe ngokuzithandela ukubathiya. Kodwa sinokuba nabantu ebomini bethu esihendelwa ukuba sizive sinomsindo kwaye kunzima kubo ukubathanda. Mhlawumbi singamthatha nabani na esilwa naye njengeentshaba zethu.
Ukubathanda akuthethi ukuba kufuneka sibengabahlobo abalungileyo kunye nabo, kodwa kuthetha ukuba kufuneka sisebenzele ukuba nothando lokwenyani, inkxalabo, ukuqonda kunye nokuxolelwa kubo. Oku kunokuba nzima kuye wonke umntu, kodwa kufuneka kube yinjongo yethu.
Inxalenye yesibini yalo myalelo iya kunceda. Ukuthandazela abo basitshutshisayo kuya kusinceda sikhule kuthando olufanelekileyo nothando ekufuneka silukhulisile. Le nto yothando ilula nangona kunzima kakhulu.
Cinga ngabo unexesha elinzima kakhulu ukubathanda. Abo unomsindo kubo. Isenokuba lilungu losapho, umntu emsebenzini, ummelwane okanye umntu osuka kowenu ongazange uphinde uxolelaniswe naye. Kuhambelana nale ndima yeVangeli ukwamkela ngokunyaniseka ukuba kukho umntu othile, okanye umntu ongaphezulu komnye, umntu ozabalaza naye ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Ukuyivuma sisenzo sokunyaniseka.
Nje ukuba uchonge umntu okanye abantu abaninzi, cinga ngokubathandazela. Ngaba uchitha ixesha ubanikela rhoqo kuThixo ngomthandazo? Ngaba uthandazela ukuba uThixo athulule ubabalo nemfesane kuye? Oku kunokuba nzima ukukwenza kodwa sesinye sezona zinto zisempilweni onokuthi uzenze. Kunokuba nzima ukubonisa uthando kunye nothando kubo, kodwa akukho nzima ukukhetha ngokuzazela ukubathandazela.
Ukuthandazela abo sinobunzima sisitshixo sokuvumela uThixo ukuba anyuse uthando lwenene kunye nenkxalabo ezintliziyweni zethu kubo. Yindlela yokuvumela uThixo ukuba aguqule iimvakalelo kunye neemvakalelo zethu ukuze kungasayi kubakho mfuneko yokuba simelane neemvakalelo zomsindo okanye intiyo.
Bandakanyeka olu suku ekuthandazeni umntu osokola kakhulu naye. Ubunokwenzeka lo mthandazo awuyi kutshintsha uthando lwakho kubo ubusuku bonke, kodwa ukuba uzibandakanya kolu hlobo lomthandazo yonke imihla, ekuhambeni kwexesha uThixo uya kuyiguqula kancinci intliziyo yakho aze akukhulule kwisisindo somsindo neentlungu ezinokukuthintela ekuthandeni. Ufuna ukuba ubhekise kubo bonke abantu.
Nkosi ndithandazela lo mntu ufuna ndimthandaze. Ndincede ndithande bonke abantu kwaye ndincede ndibathande ngakumbi abo kunzima ukubathanda. Hlela kwakhona iimvakalelo zam kubo kwaye undincede ndikhululeke kuyo nayiphi na ingqumbo. Yesu ndiyakholelwa kuwe.
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